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Telegraph Register

Telegraph Register

The Smithsonian catalogs Telegraph Register as telegraph receiver in its Communication, telegraph records.

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This telegraph register, typical of those in service during the U. S. Civil War, used a weight to drive the tape mechanism. The register was made by Knox & Shain, a noted Philadelphia maker of telegraph equipment. Telegraph registers are electrically-activated printers that receive Morse code messages. The message travels as a series of electrical pulses through a wire. The pulses energize the reg

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Communication, telegraph and dates it ca 1860.

This telegraph register, typical of those in service during the U. S. Civil War, used a weight to drive the tape mechanism. The register was made by Knox & Shain, a noted Philadelphia maker of telegraph equipment. Telegraph registers are electrically-activated printers that receive Morse code messages. The message travels as a series of electrical pulses through a wire. The pulses energize the reg

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Smithsonian InstitutionTelegraph Register

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